Adverse events associated with single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults - an overview of Cochrane reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Moore, R Andrew ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   Aldington, Dominic ^b   Wiffen, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; DEXKETOPROFEN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUNISAL; DIHYDROCODEINE; ETODOLAC; FENOPROFEN; FLURBIPROFEN; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; LORNOXICAM; LUMIRACOXIB; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ROFECOXIB;

ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; NAUSEA; PAIN SEVERITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ACUTE PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; LITERATURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

ACUTE PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84979859231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011407.pub2     Document Type: Review

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